It took Kyle Redman just five minutes to cast a ballot Friday morning, the last day of early voting.

"I think I hit the sweet spot," said Redman, 31, of Dallas, who voted at El Centro College West Campus. "A lot of my friends went last week and there were long lines. I wanted to avoid the disaster of Tuesday, which will be long lines again."

A record number of early voters hit the polls in Dallas, Collin and Tarrant counties this year, election officials said Friday, though they were still working on the final counts.

The highly divisive presidential race has brought out numerous first-time voters — but not too many problems.

Some were concerned this highly charged election would see allegations of voter fraud, intimidation from poll watchers and misunderstandings of Texas' voter ID law that was recently struck down.

Election official Jimmy Murphy carries in a polling place sign while shutting down at the end of the night following the conclusion of early voting at the George L. Allen, Sr. Courts Building in downtown Dallas Friday November 4, 2016. November 4th was the last day for early voting in Dallas County.

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"We did have one guy who voted shouting as he was leaving the polling place about issues that would happen if people voted for a certain candidate," Dallas County Elections administrator Toni Pippins-Poole said. "Other than that, it's been pretty quiet. No reports of aggressive poll watchers."

About 492,500 voters — nearly 40 percent of all registered voters — cast early ballots in person by late Friday afternoon, surpassing the last record-high set in 2008. Additional early polling locations meant voters didn't have to wait more than 30 minutes, much shorter than the lines in the last two presidential elections, Pippins-Poole said.

Bruce Sherbet, elections administrator for Collin County, said he's received one report of campaign signs being damaged at one polling location. Another time he had to explain to an election worker how to offer a provisional ballot if qualifications are at issue after a voter complained he wasn't offered one.

But overall the additional staffing in place for this election has helped the season run smoothly, Sherbet said.

"This election is different than any one I've ever conducted before," said Sherbet, a who has spent nearly three decades working elections. "You have people predicting all kinds of outcomes. You have high tensions. Anything was possible. So the uneventfulness of it all is a welcome surprise."

Among Texas' largest 15 counties, Collin was leading the state Friday afternoon in the percentage of registered voters showing up early, Sherbet said. He expected nearly 55 percent — or about 300,000 — of Collin County voters to have voted early in all.

"But we haven't seen anything more than about a 20-minute wait so far and expect that on Election Day, too," said Sherbet, who noted the county added extra polling locations this year.

Tarrant County officials also were braced for just about anything crazy to happen. But overall, it was relatively quiet, elections administrator Frank Phillips said.

"I wish I had an interesting yarn to tell you, but I really don't," Phillips said. "We were expecting it this time, but stranger things seemed to happen back in '08."

About 458,000 — or 42 percent of Tarrant County's registered voters — had voted early in person by Friday morning, shattering the county's previous early voting record set eight years ago.

In all, Phillips expected the county's total in-person and absentee ballots to make up about 60 percent of registered voters.

But all election administrators agree that the early turnout doesn't necessarily mean shorter lines next week. Election Day tends to be particularly busy during presidential elections.

"I still think Tuesday will be busy," he said. "Forty percent of about a million people is still a lot to have coming through."

Still the last day of early voting wasn't running smooth for everyone.

Back in Dallas, a disappointed Margaux Hebert was turned away at El Centro West Campus after being told she registered to vote too late.

"We just moved here from Louisiana, and I thought I made the deadline in early October," said the 23-year-old. "It's probably my fault. I'm not sure. I really wanted to vote, and it's too late to go back to Louisiana to do it. There has to be an easier way to register when you move."

She said she planned to go to the county elections office to investigate her options.

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Nathan Cruz, 8, is all smiles after watching his father Sergio Cruz vote early at the Dallas County Government Center, Precinct 5, on Beckley Ave and Twelfth St in Oak Cliff on Friday, November 4, 2016. Today is the last day of early voting.

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Sergio Cruz, left, with his son Nathan, 8, walk back to their car after Nathan watched his father vote early at the Dallas County Government Center, Precinct 5, on Beckley Ave and Twelfth St in Oak Cliff on Friday, November 4, 2016.

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Carlos Aguirre and Melissa Aguirre, of Richardson, Texas, takes a selfie with their daughter Mia Aguirre, 2, after voting during early voting at the George L. Allen, Sr. Courts Building in downtown Dallas Friday November 4, 2016. November 4th was the last day for early voting in Dallas County.

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People line up to vote early at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building on Friday, November 4, 2016.

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People line up to vote early at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building on Friday, November 4, 2016.

(David Woo/Staff Photographer)

People line up to vote early at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building on Friday, November 4, 2016.

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Early voters leave the Dallas County Government Center, Precinct 5, on Beckley Ave and Twelfth St in Oak Cliff on Friday, November 4, 2016.